Bassplayer, arranger and producer Aladji Toure is, together with guitar wizard Toto Guillaume, one of the most influential men behind the "New Wave Makossa" of the last three decades. Since 1982 Toure has released over 300 albums on his T.J.R. label. His cataloque contains mainly Makossa albums, supplemented with some Bikutsi, Bend Skin and Congolese artists such as Nguma Lokito and Yondo Syster. He brougt many Makossa singers to fame such as Moni Bile, Guy Lobe, Charlotte Mbango and more recently Joly Priso and Eriko.
The following series of record covers include the catalog numbers 057 to 100. This immediately raises the question why the first LP released on the T.J.R. label starts with number 057 and not with 001. Also in this series the numbers 073 and 093 seem to have been skipped. At least I have not been able to find them in recent years. If someone can answer the question why the series starts with 057 then I would like to hear that. Information about the missing numbers 073 and 093 is also welcome.
